Diversity of thermophilic fungi in Tengchong Rehai national park revealed by ITS nucleotide sequence analyses

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 146-152

  Pan, Wen Zheng ^a   Huang, Xiao Wei ^a   Wei, Kang Bi ^a   Zhang, Chun Mei ^a   Yang, Dong Mei ^a   Ding, Jun Mei ^a   Zhang, Ke Qin ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diversity; Geothermal soils; Molecular study; Morphological study; Physiological study; Thermophilic fungi

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; THERMAL SPRING;

BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGI; HOT SPRINGS; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

CHAETOMIUM; COPRINOPSIS; FUNGI; MALBRANCHEA; MYCELIOPHTHORA; RHIZOMUCOR; RHIZOMUCOR MIEHEI; SCYTALIDIUM THERMOPHILUM; TALAROMYCES; TALAROMYCES BYSSOCHLAMYDOIDES; TALAROMYCES THERMOPHILUS; THERMOASCUS; THERMOASCUS AURANTIACUS; THERMOMYCES LANUGINOSUS;

EID: 77951986174     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-010-9157-2     Document Type: Article

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